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Yahweh Worshipers
Lesson 13
Lucifer’s Allies Pt 4
by Lawrence DeMetrius
Regarding Yahweh being the primary Witness of Who Jesus Christ is Apostle John writes,
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
This is He that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one <unified as one>.
And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which He hath testified of His Son.
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made Him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of His Son.
And this is the record <proof>, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
These things have I written unto you that believe on the Name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the Name of the Son of God.
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know Him that is true, and we are in Him that is true, even in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
[I Jn 5:5-13, 20; Lk 24:44, 45]
Per this and many other divine sayings, it is made clear that Jesus the Christ is the Way, Truth, and Life for all who desire to know and worship His FATHER and GOD. There is no other way. [Jn 1:4; 6:44, 45, 65]
The Lord Jesus said,
I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.
[Jn 14:6]
Yet, since the time of Enoch there has been consistent effort to discredit this truth. Yahweh forewarned that such opposition would aggressively progress as the Final Day of Judgement draws near. The wise are admonished to remain true to the Faith of Jesus Christ. Apostle Paul writes,
For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for <personal> sins,
But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries <of God>.
He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses <to Yahweh, these are Christ the Word and the Holy Ghost>:
Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy who hath trodden underfoot the Son of God, and hath counted the Blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
It is a fearful thing to fall into hands of the living God.
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great recompense of reward.
For ye have need of patience, that, after you have done the will of God <which is to live righteously through Christ Jesus> ye might receive the promise <eternal life in Christ Jesus>.
For yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul <until they depart this mortal life in righteousness>.
[Heb 10:26-29, 31, 35-39]
Concerning the children of Lucifer who teach anti-Christ doctrines Apostle John writes,
Little children, it is the last time: and as you have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and you know all things <concerning Jesus Christ>.
I have not written unto you because you know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
Let that therefor abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which he have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
And this is the promise that He hath promised us, even eternal life.
These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
But the anointing which ye have received of Him <Jesus Christ> abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing <the Holy Ghost> teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as It hath taught you, ye shall abide in Him.
[I Jn 2:18-27]
Apostle Jude writes,
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints <by Jesus Christ>.
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into <spiritual> lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ <by their erroneous teachings>.
[Jude vs 3, 4]
This passage discloses that the presence of antichrist teachers is an indication that the last days have arrived. It also discloses that the first of antichrist teachers were students of Jesus Christ and began their seductions during the formative years of Christendom. Just as Lucifer knew of Yahweh's word to Adam and Eve, so too does his antichrist teachers know of Christ's doctrine to His disciples. As did Lucifer in Eden, so too do antichrist teachers apply erroneous meaning to the doctrine of Jesus Christ. Moses writes,
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: For in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
[Gen 2:17]
And the serpent <Lucifer> said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
[Gen 3:4]
For unbelievers, the last days are unfolding as a great deluge as in the days of Noah. However, for justified believers they will be a time of great rejoicing and Ministry of Divine Iconoclasm, as they anticipate the Second Advent of their Lord, and fulfillment of His promises unto them. Apostle Paul writes,
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
[I Cor 15:57, 58]
The Lord Jesus said,
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in Me.
In My Father's house are many mansions: If it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
And whither I go ye know, and the way you know.
[Jn 14:1-4]
Lucifer is the chief Master of feigning, inventing, and devising LIES. Because he is not omniscient or omnipresent, he requires assistance to publish his LIES. As mentioned previously, his allies consist of disgraced immortal and mortal beings. Lucifer and his company of devils seek only to kill, steal, and destroy what they can of mortals, namely those who are restored to divine worship. The Lord Jesus said,
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:
[Jn 10:10a]
Their primary weapons of warfare are LIES fashioned as STRONGHOLDS, imaginations, and thoughts that are exalted against the knowledge given by Yahweh through Christ and the Holy Ghost. Apostle Paul writes,
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
[II Cor 10:4]
Here, Apostle Paul refers to an evil action and thing present within the carnal mind.
*strong (hold) Gk. # 3794 ochuroma (okh-oo-ro-mah) it means to…
1. fortify as an act of holding something safely
2. as a verb it is to fortify, which is to…
a. protect and strengthen against attacks
b. surround and provide with defensive military works
c. furnish with the means of resisting force
d. make strong, imparting strength and vigor to
e. increase the effectiveness of
f. strengthen, mentally, morally and confirm
3. as a noun it is…
a. a castle, which is a…
i. fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times
ii. strongly fortified and permanently garrisoned stronghold
iii. anyplace providing security and privacy
Per this scripture, Apostle Paul is referring to the CASTLE, DOMAIN or STRONGHOLD of darkness, from which Christ spoils the spirit or mind of those who are predestined to become His brethren. Christ does so by the power of His WORD, which is the same WORD that resides and is to remain in the mouths of His brethren. Apostle Paul writes,
But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith which we <the Original Apostles of Christ> preach;
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
<Why?> For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
[Rm 10:8-10]
The Lord Jesus said,
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
[Mt 12:36, 37]
STRONGHOLD, per this scripture is also figurative of an argument, which is…
1. an oral disagreement, a verbal opposition
2. a contention and altercation
3. a discussion involving different points of view
4. a debate, process of reasoning, a series of reasons
5. a statement, reason, or fact for or against a point
6. an address or composition intended to convince or persuade
7. a persuasive discourse and a subject matter
All of the above refer to LIES and FORTIFICATIONS thereof, that are devised to influence one's intellect, thereby obscuring their ability to clearly discern the knowledge of divine truth. Unfortunately, this inward struggle and STRONG HOLD was inherited by all mortals due to Adam’s transgression. [Gen. 2:9, 17; 3:1-6; Rm 5:18] It is the curse that every mortal, be they redeemed or not, must struggle with until they transition to immortality. [Phil 3:12, 14, 20, 21]
It is also why every mortal will always fall short of the glory due to Yahweh, WHO did not create them with the DUAL MIND STRONG HOLD. [Gen. 1:31; Rm 3:23] It is only in the strength of HIS Son, Jesus Christ that one is considered pure and innocent, as HE conforms them to the image of Christ during their mortal lifetime. [Rm 3:24-26; 8:29; II Cor. 5:17; 12:9; I Jn 3:1-3] Apostle Paul expounds upon this inward STRONG HOLD writing,
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
For I delight in the law of God after the <born-again> inward man:
But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity, to the law of sin which is in my members.
<in other words, its constantly reminding me about the reality of my inherited curse of the dual mind strong hold present within my sin flawed mortal nature>
O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the <spiritually regenerated> mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
[Rm 7:14-25]
King Solomon said the same writing,
And moreover, I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
[Eccl 3:16]
Per His word to born-again believers who maintain the attitude of the Church of Philadelphia, Christ hints about the value of realistically acknowledging the weakness of the flesh. He said,
I know thy works: Behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept My word, and hast not denied My Name.
[Rev 3:8]
The Lord Jesus also said,
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the <born-again> spirit indeed is <always> willing <to do what pleases Yahweh>, but the <ever sin filled> flesh is <always> weak <to the temptations of sin>.
[Mt 26:41]
The sin flawed nature is present within all mortals redeemed or not. Although redeemed minds are no longer slaves to the power of sin resident within their carnal nature, they still have a carnal nature. At times, there will be falls and offences, be they intentional or not. This is why THE LORD forbids JUDGMENT and requires the practice of REPENTANCE and FORGIVENESS for self and others. [Ps 37:23, 24; Mt. 6:12, 14, 15; 7:1-5; Rm 4:10-14; Gal 6:1-3] Apostle John writes,
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness <which is anything that does not please God>.
[I Jn 1:8-10]
In fact, being realistic about one’s holistic condition before Yahweh is a required element of divine worship. Christ said,
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him.
God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit <the mind renewed by Christ the Word> and in truth <reality>.
[St Jn 4:23, 24]
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